WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan defense policy bill on Wednesday and raised the prospect that the United States could face a government shutdown during a pandemic, stirring new turmoil in Washington as he headed to Florida for Christmas. Angry at his fellow Republicans...

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump granted a full pardon on Tuesday to George Papadopoulos, a former campaign aide who pleaded guilty as part of the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Trump also pardoned Alex van der Zwaan, 36, the Dutch son-in-law of Russian...

Halsey has requested a permanent protective order against a man she claims has made her life a misery. The singer has offered to testify against her alleged stalker if that’s what she has to do to make sure he stays away from her. In a new legal declaration, obtained by The Blast, she claims the &

Actress Kaley Cuoco once blacked out after drinking too much Japanese rice wine and woke up the next day in her horse riding gear. The Big Bang Theory star, who is a keen horsewoman married to top equestrian Karl Cook, had spent all day riding with her man at a horse show one summer, and &

A group of Mission: Impossible crew members have defended Tom Cruise’s leaked outburst about ignored COVID protocols on set, insisting he has every right to get upset. The movie star was caught on tape raging about health and safety breaches and his comments were posted online by The Sun editors,...

MONTREAL The federal government defended its approach to securing Canada’s border against COVID-19 on Tuesday as Ontario Premier Doug Ford once again called for more testing at points of entry. Canada’s border controls and the 14-day quarantine requirement for returning travellers are among...

Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he reached out to Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook during the darkest days of the Model 3 program to discuss the possibility of the iPhone maker acquiring Tesla Inc for a tenth of its current value. He refused to take the meeting, ...

HARBIN For more than 300 ice miners in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city. Wielding long ice picks, the workers break up the frozen surface of the kilometer-wide river into...

Jennifer Lopez had no qualms about dressing up as Madonna for Halloween, even though the Queen of Pop was previously romantically linked to her now fiance, Alex Rodriguez. The On The Floor hitmaker recreated Madonna’s white lace dress and gloves look from her 1984 hit Like A Virgin for the October...

Vegas Golden Knights defenceman Deryk Engelland will announce his retirement as an active player, the team announced Tuesday. Engelland, 38, will follow up an 11-season NHL career by joining the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation as the special assistant to owner Bill Foley. The Las Vegas resident was...